Doctor of  Sciences (Chemistry), Senior Researcher,   Seniour Research Scientist of the Laboratory of Photonics Oxide Nanosystems   Telephone: +380 44 422-96-98 Fax: +380 44 424-35-67 E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

O.P. Linnik works at the Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine since 1998.

Scientific interests

Design and synthesis of eco-friendly multicomponent photocatalysts (sol-gel method, pulsed laser deposition) and investigation of structure, morphology, photoelectrochemical characteristics, phase composition and surface chemistry of nanomaterials; photocatalytic processes of anthropogenic pollutants’ degradation and determination of key points affecting its efficiency; investigation directed to more effective usage of plant wastes (lignin) by means of photocatalytic transformation to low-molecular-weight chemical compounds.

Background

1991-1996 - graduated from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, chemical department

2004 – Doctor Degree of Natural Sciences (Dr. rer. nat.), Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Friedrich-Alexander-University, Erlanger-Nurnberg, Germany (PhD thesis “Photocatalytic dinitrogen fixation at metal titanate thin films”) (in English)

2008 – PhD in Chemistry, specialty “physics and chemistry of surface” (nostrofication, candidate dissertation “Photocatalytic dinitrogen fixation at metal titanate thin films”).

2017 – Senior Researcher, specialty “Chemistry”

2021 – Doctor of Chemistry, specialty 102 “Chemistry” (02.00.04 “Physical Chemistry”, doctoral dissertation “Physicochemical approaches to hybrid semiconductive films’ synthesis for ecological photocatalysis”).

Scientific work

Author of 107 scientific works including 41 papers, 4 chapters in a books, 1 Ukrainian patent for invention.

Selected publications

1. O. Linnik, N. Smirnova, I. Laguta, A. Eremenko. Nitrogen-iron co-doped titania films as solar light sensitive photocatalysts // Functional Materials. – 2021. – V. 28 (2). – Р. 252-258.

2. D. Ihnatiuk, V. Vorobets, M. Šihor, C. Tossi, G. Kolbasov, N. Smirnova, I. Tittonen, A. Eremenko, K. Kočí, O. Linnik. Photoelectrochemical, photocatalytic and electrocatalytic behavior of titania films modified by nitrogen and platinum species // Applied Nanoscience. – 2021.

3. D. Ihnatiuk, C. Tossi, I. Tittonen, O. Linnik. Effect of synthesis conditions of nitrogen and platinum co–doped titania films on the photocatalytic performance under simulated solar light // Catalysts. – 2020. – V. 10(9). – 1074.

4. O. Linnik, G. Popescu–Pelin, N. Stefan, N. Chorna, N. Smirnova, C.N. Mihailescu, C.Ristoscu, I.N. Mihailescu. Investigation of nitrogen and iron co‑doped TiO₂ films synthesized in N₂/CH₄ via pulsed laser deposition technique // Applied Nanoscience. – 2020. – V. 10. – Р. 2569–2579.

5. N. Chorna, N. Smirnova, V. Vorobets, G. Kolbasov, O. Linnik. Nitrogen doped iron titanate films: photoelectrochemical, electrocatalytic, photocatalytic and structural features // Applied Surface Science. – 2019. – V. 473. – Р. 343–351.

6. O. Linnik, N. Chorna, N. Smirnova. Nonporous iron titanate thin films doped with nitrogen: optical, structural and photocatalytic properties // Nanoscale Research Letters. – 2017. – V. 12. – P. 249–258.